Machine for turning boot-legs



A. RANSOM. MACHINE FOR TURNING BOOT LEGS.

Patented Jan! 29, 1861.

7/2273 assay NITED STATES P A. BANSOM, OF MANHEIM, NEYV YORK, ASSIGNORTO HIMSELF, AND GEORGE R. COMSTOCK, OF I-IERKIMER COUNTY, NE YORK.

MACHINE FOR TURNING BOOT-LEGS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 31,281, dated January 29, 1861.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, ANDREW Ransom, of the town of hlanheim, county ofHerkimer, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful ImprovedMachine for the Turning of Boot-Legs after their Side Seams have beenSeamed Up; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawing, forming a part of this specification, in the several figures ofwhich similar letters of referencedenote the same parts.

Figure 1 is a plan of the machine here considered showing the parts ofthe machine when viewed from the top. Fig. 2 is a front side elevationof the same. Fig. 8 is an end elevation showing construction of themachine as viewed from the end. Fig. 4 is a section showing the springand pin as it is constructed and its fastenings before put into themachine. Fig. 5 is a section top view of spring, showing handle, widthand location of stop pin.

The character of the machine here considered is in so constructing amachine for turning the legs of boots after they have been seamed as toboth save time and labor in the turning and at the same time to performthe labor in a superior manner.

The nature of my invention consists in a horizontal, movable, basefurnished and combined with a series of metallic tubes of differentdimensions to accommodate the various sized boot legs to be turned and apeculiar constructed spring and stop pin combined in combination withthe moving base and its several tubes.

The invention consists in the combination with the tubes of a peculiarrim so constructed as to prevent friction on and in the shells of thetubes and so formed as to form a chamber on the inner and outer sides ofthe shell below the combination of the rim and tubes, which will also bedescribed. And further the invention consists of a rod with two hooksattached to its upper end formed and intended to move the leg of theboot over the rim down into the tube and not to become disconnected fromthe straps of the boot leg until disengaged by the hand of the operatorin combination with a device to produce a working of the rod and itshooks.

The detail of its construction and operation will be understood by thefollowing description.

In the drawings X, X, represent the form of the frame or case of themachine.

2', refers to the dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, which indicate thehole in center of the top piece of the machine that underlies thesliding base G, and gibs L, and to which gibs L, are fastened. The hole2' is to accommodate the ascent and descent of hook rod N, and furtherto allow the top .of the boot leg to descend through it when its lengthrequires it. The size of this hole is that of the inside of the largesttube T, connected to the base G.

In the drawings G, represents the sliding base of the tubes T, and withwhich said tubes are firmly connected andcombined to sliding base G, itbeing pierced with holes to receive the tubes T, which tubes are firmlyfastened in the hole so pierced in base G, for the purpose of receivingthe lower ends of the tubes T. The sliding base G, and its tubes T, aresupported on top piece of frame X, which underlies it. Also to said toppiece of machine isattached gibs L, one on each side of base G, tosecure it to top piece which directs and guides its horizontal movementto and from as required. This horizontal movement of base G, to tubes T,is for the purpose of passing the diiferent sized tubes directly overthe hole 2' in the top piece of frame X, that the hook rod N, may ascendand descend through any one of the'tubes thus combined with their baseG, enabling the operator thus to turn any sized boot leg by havingdifferent sized tubes combined with an adjustable base with hook rod andcross head and its hooks as hereinafter described. Further the slidingbase G, is perforated with holes at f, as will be seen in Figs. 1, 2,and there those holes are made to and do receive a stop pin P, when anyone of the tubes T, combined with the base G, desired to be used shallhave been passed directly over the hole 2', in top piece of frame X, theproper position for it to occupy when it is to be used. This stoppingpin P, is combined with and attached to top of spring S, which gets itsfastening inside of end piece under top piece of frame X, and its pin P,passes up through a slot 9, in top piece of frame X, and into hole f insliding base G, thus securing it and its combination.

of tubes the one desired to be used in its true and proper position oflabor. When a different sized tube is required to be used the spring S,is to be depressed causing stop pin P attached to it to descend out ofhole f, and by then moving down cross head M, to its lowest point ofdescent and the hook rod N, is carried below the sliding base G, and itsbase G, with its tubes is free to be horizontally moved to another ofits tubes T, over the hole in top piece of frame X, for use when somoved the spring S, with its stop pin P from the elasticity of saidspring is instantly raised again into its hole f in sliding base G, andthe machine is again in readiness to perform its labor.

T represents in the drawings metallic tubes. These are formed with eacha rim R, and in the drawing 0, indicates the shell of the tube T. Therim R, is formed on the top end of tubes T, in the following manner andfor the following purposes. The shell 0, is united by brazing orsoldering.

The rim R, formed of brasier rod or wire of sufficient size incased bythe upper end of the shell O, in a manner so that the center of said rodor wire may stand directly over and above the center of shell 0, oftubes T. WVhen so incased rim R, is to be smoothly finished. It will beseen by referring to th drawings that this formation in fact forms apractical chamber below the rim R, to the sliding base G, of tubes T,both on its inner and outer sides. The object and effect of thosechambers so formed by rim R, producing from its size and projectinginside and outside of shells O, at the tops of tubes T combined withbase G, is to lessen the friction on the out and inside of the shells O,of tubes T, and at the same time to force the boot-leg in turning over alarger rim R, this preventing the possibility of wrinkling at theturning point which is at and over the rim R. 7

As it is clear that as the boot-leg to be turned must fit both theinside and outside of either of the tubes T, on and into which it may beturned over rim R, and it is plain that the friction must be much lessthan it otherwise inevitably would if conveyed along the entire surfaceof the shell of tubes T, in the drawings M, represents a crosshead thatis free to move from the bottom of top piece of machine X to the top ofbottom piece of machine. This crosshead moves and is guided in itsmovement in grooves g, in end pieces of machine. To this crosshead isattached at i), the hook-rod N with hooks H, formed on its upper end toreceive the straps of the boot-legs which they the hooks H are intendedto take hold of. This hook-rod N, rises high enough above the cross-headM,

7 so that when the cross-head has been run to its highest point ofascent, the hooks H on rod N, stand above tubes T, the hooks H,

of the forming the end of the hooks H, in

this manner is to prevent the straps on legs of boots from becomingdisengaged when the crosshead M, is drawn up, combined with hook rod N,and carries with it again to the top of tube T, the boot-leg which hasbeen turned over and into tube T. The carrying up of the cross-head M,and its combined hook-rod N, is accomplished by means of the cord 0,being attached to cross-head M, at a, cord a, passing up over the edgeof pulley h, and its opposite end descending is united to the weight VJ.hen the cross-head M, is carried to its lowest point of descent theweight V, is raised from the bottom of machine to the pulley h, and byremoving the foot of the operator from the stirrup e, in crosshead M,the weight descends transmitting the power produced by the descent ofits falling gravity through the combined action through mediui'nship ofcord 0, and pulley h to crosshead M,'and its combined hook-rod N,raising the hooks H, thereby to their highest point of ascent andholding them there for the convenience of the operator to remove thealready turned boot-leg and adjust another leg connecting its straps tohook-rod N, and hooks H, through and from eflect produced by weight TV,through cord 0, in combination with pulley h, which effect is always toraise and hold hooks H, above tubes T, to receive the straps of legswhere they are seen standing in the drawing. The straps of the boots arehooked to hooks H, the foot of the operator applied to the stirrup z, incrosshead M, the hands being passed around the immediate upper edge ofboot-leg to aid in its even commencement in commencing to turn fromoutside to inside of tube T, over rim R which it does the instant thepressure is applied by the foot of operator at 2 to crosshead M. As theleg begins to turn by the pressure being applied to the crosshead thehands of the operator are dropped to the foot of the leg as the leg isturned by being drawn into the tube as the foot of the leg arises at thetop of the tube T, it is in an instant turned in its then even positionon and in the tube T, thus the leg is evenly and quickly turned. To moveanother sized one of the tubes T, over the hole at 2' in top piece ofmachine frame X, the handle of S, is borne down-by the hand depressingthe spring S, causing its stopping pin P, to descend in its slot q andleave the hole f in sliding base G, and by applying slight pressure bythe foot to crosshead M, the hooks H, instantly descend be low thebottom of sliding base G, the base G, with its required tube is moveddirectly over the hole 2' of top piece of frame X. hen thus moved to itsproper position the spring S, forces up its stop pin P, into the hole f,and again holds it in position of labor. The foot at this time beingremoved from 2, in crosshead the weight TV, through its combinedattachment immediately raises hooks H above tubes T, holding them intheir required position to receive the straps of boots to be turned. Anymunber of tubes may be combined with base G, and of any peculiar desiredsize or length and in this manner all worked by the within describedmachine.

It is well known that all boot legs or nearly all are seamed togetherthe mean side seams of the legs inside out to bring the seam when theboot is finished inside of the boot. To accomplish this after it hasbeen seamed it must be turned and it is equally well known that theturning of boots after seaming is most fatiguing and time devouring partof the boot makers labor as V it often takes the boot maker with themost fati 'uin labor fort minutes to turn a pair of boots where wlth theaid and use of my implement and nnproved maclnne the same labor may bebetter performed with ease in one minute this being the scope in theefiect of my invention.

The operation of this hereinbefore described machine is substantially asfollows: To turn the boot-leg with the aid of this machine after it hasbeen seamed up, the leg is put over one of the tubes T, that it will fitsnug enough to the rim R, of tube T, to prevent the possibility of itswrinkling at its turning point which is at. the top of the rim R, oftube T, the foot of the leg down the front of the leg to the front ofmachine supposing the tube T, with its combined sliding base G, to standin proper position over the hole 2' in top of machine X, to turn the legof boot already described put on tube T, properly for its turning. Thehooks H standing in their ready position at the top of tube T to receivethe straps of bootleg for turning in combination and through theconnection of hooks H with hook rod N, and its connection with crosshead M, and the further combined eifect transmitted to crosshead M. Thefoot of the operator placed into the stirrup z, and the crossheadpressed down carrying with it the hookrod N and hooks H, and drawing theboot leg down to the counter of the boot leg, over the rim, depress withthe hand the toe of the boot leg and with the hand turn the counter upand the act is finished in turning which is done as fast as the movementof the hand and foot can take place.

I claim The series of tubes T, T, T, T, constructed and combined withtheir rims, R, R, R, 11, substantially as set forth in combination withthe sliding base G, with its holes f, f, f, f, and stop pin .P combinedwith spring S, or their equivalents.

Dated this 3d day of December 1860.

ANDREl/V RANSOM.

In presence of O. D. EMPIo, D. WV. LADUE.

